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Stock images of cats are on a roll!

I was doing my usual viewing of the sales on the main sites yesterday,and was surprised (and very pleased) by the number of large value sales of cats this month. I had a really good session with our bengal kittens back in February,and the images from that shoot have sold well on most [...]

Calendar Season here already!

Many of us have a collection of great images,and one interesting opportunity is to create a calendar and sell that. I’ve tried to interest local shops with calendars,but it is a hard business with the need to print the calendars,persuade shops to take them and then deal with any overstock. Last year [...]

Copyright Restrictions

The subject of what objects and buildings can be submitted for commercial stock and what is prohibited is a complex and ever changing feast! One of the sources of information that is kept reasonably up to date is on the Shutterstock blog –Shutterbuzz –known image restrictions. Well worth reading and bearing in mind [...]

Monthly Newsletter

I’ve created a monthly newsletter that has just been sent to all the buyers of my eBook. Its purpose is to keep the book up to date by highlighting changes in the industry,new tips and tricks to increase revenue,new sites worth considering and any notable products I have come across that will make [...]

PowerPoint introduction to Stock Photography

I was very fortunate to be able to present a session on Stock Photography to the Manassas Warrenton Camera Club in Virginia last night. If you are ever in the area,please come along to the Club meetings on the first and third Thursdays in the month to meet a great bunch of people and [...]

Earnings from stock in August 2011

The August results are now complete,and this has been a pretty reasonable month. August is never a great month because of vacations in many parts of the world,but this has been a month marked by steady progress on most of the sites. There were no one-off specials like the rights sale for $100 [...]